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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Makina avoid being drowned when their inner tube flips in the river?
(a) She floats on her back.
(b) She kicks till she reaches land.
(c) She stops struggling.
(d) She lashes herself to the inner tube.

2. What does Makina think the folding chairs look like, at the stadium?
(a) An obsidian mountain.
(b) Grave stones.
(c) Aztec temples.
(d) Burial mounds.

3. What does the narrator say it feels like like to be around Cora?
(a) Sitting on her lap.
(b) Being a child again.
(c) Having your thoughts a million miles away.
(d) Being lost.

4. Where does Makina meet Mr. Aitch?
(a) At the Turkish Baths.
(b) At the bus station.
(c) At the Pulquería Raskolnikova.
(d) At the Casino.

5. What does Makina tell her younger sister about men who have filthy mouths?
(a) That they are the most dangerous.
(b) That they can still be fragile.
(c) That they are usually afraid.
(d) That they might have powerful friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the man-who-struck-it-rich not have, which kept him from impressing Makina the way he had planned?

2. What does Chucho tell Makina about the rancher who stops them?

3. What does Makina say about the food, which she knows is not true?

4. Where does Makina meet Mr. Q?

5. Why does Makina pack light?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator say things went for the man who tried to teach Makina a lesson in public?

2. What does Makina need to do to get access to Mr. Double-U and Mr. Aitch?

3. What is Makina’s impression of the people she sees in the city?

4. What slang does Makina use, and what is its effect?

5. What is the obsidian mound that gives this chapter its name?

6. Why does Cora send Makina to talk to the top dogs?

7. What is Makina’s trip through the mountains like?

8. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?

9. How does Makina handle the harassment she faces on the bus?

10. Who is Makina?

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